Supermarkets in the United States

This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States of America and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies. For supermarkets worldwide see "List of supermarkets".

National chains

* Aldi

* Costco

* Delhaize Group
** Bloom
** Bottom Dollar
** Food Lion
** Hannaford
** Harveys
** Kash n' Karry
** Sweetbay Supermarket

* Kroger
** Baker's Supermarkets
** City Market
** Dillon's
** Food 4 Less
** FoodsCo
** Fred Meyer
** Fry's Food
** Hilander
** Jay C
** King Soopers
** QFC
** Ralphs
** Smiths
** Scott's Food & Pharmacy
* Piggly Wiggly

* Safeway
** Carrs
** Dominick's
** Genuardi's
** Pavilions
** Randalls
** Tom Thumb
** Vons

* Sears Holdings Corporation
** Kmart Supercenters

* SuperValu
** Acme
** Albertsons
** bigg's
** Bristol Farms
** Cub Foods
** Farm Fresh
** Hornbacher's
** Jewel/Jewel-Osco
** Lazy Acres
** Lucky Stores
** Save-A-Lot
** Shaw's
** Shop 'n Save
** Shoppers Food & Pharmacy
** Star Market
** Sunflower Market

* SuperTarget

* Wal-Mart Supercenters

* Whole Foods Market

Regional and local chains

* The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P)
** A&P Supermarkets Operates various A&P banners throughout New Jersey and New York
** A&P Super Foodmart (Connecticut)
** Food Basics USA (Philadelphia & New York Metropolitan areas)
** Pathmark (Metropolitan New York, New Jersey, Long Island and Philadelphia Metropolitan areas)
** Super Fresh (southern New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware & Baltimore)
** The Food Emporium (New York City and surrounding area; New Jersey & Connecticut)
** Waldbaum's (Long Island, NY, including the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, and Staten Island, NY; plus a single store in Connecticut)
*Acme Fresh Market operating in the Akron, Ohio area
*Andronico's (California)
*Associated Supermarkets (New York City area)
*Balducci's (New York City, Washington, D.C., and their suburbs)
*Bashas' (Arizona)
*Big Y Foods (New England)
*BI-LO (southeastern United States)
*Breaux Mart Supermarkets (New Orleans, Louisiana area)
*Brookshire's (Texas & Louisiana) - also runs Super1 Foods in East Texas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Monroe, Louisiana; and West Monroe, Louisiana
*Brookshire Brothers (Texas) - brother of aforementioned Brookshire's
*Broulims (Idaho)
*Brown & Cole (Washington)
**Cost Cutter (New Jersey)
**Food Depot - also in North Carolina, Georgia as part of SuperValu
**Food Pavilion
**Red Apple
**Save-On-Foods
*Bruno's Supermarkets (southeast)
*Buehler's (Ohio)
*Buehler's Buy-Low (Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky)
*Butera (Illinois)
*Busch's (southeast and Central Michigan)
*C-Town (northeastern United States)
*Cannata's Family Market (southern Louisiana)
*Copps Food Center (Wisconsin)
*D&W Food Centers (Michigan)
*Dahl's Foods (Des Moines, Iowa, area)
*David's (rural north Texas)
* Dehoff's Key Markets (Bay Area, California)
*DeMoulas' Market Basket (New England: Massachusetts/New Hampshire)
*Dierbergs (Greater St. Louis, Missouri)
*Econofoods (Twin Cities, Western Wisconsin)
*El Super (Los Angeles and Phoenix)
*Fareway (Iowa)
*Felpausch (Michigan)
*Fiesta Mart (Houston, Dallas, Austin & Waco, Texas) Hispanic and International foods.
*Food City (Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee)
* [http://www.foodfairmarkets.com/ FoodFair] (southeastern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, and western West Virginia)
*Food Giant
*Foodland (including Sack&Save) (Hawaii)
*FoodLand Supermarkets (West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania)
*Foodtown (Northeast, mainly New Jersey) (a similarly named store, "Food Town", operates in the Houston, Texas area)
*The Fresh Market (North Carolina based - southeast, Midwest, Pennsylvania)
*Gelson's Super Market (southern California)
*Gerland's Food Fair (Houston, Texas)
*Giant Eagle (eastern United States)
*Glen's (northern Michigan)
*Grand Union (Hudson Valley New York, rural Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania) - a.k.a. GU Family Markets
*Gristedes (most in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City)
*Grocer's Pride (Houston, Mississippi)
*Haggen Food & Pharmacy (Washington, Oregon)
**Top Food & Drug
*Handy Andy (San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, Schertz)
*H-E-B (Texas, Mexico) Also operates H-E-B Plus and Central Market.
*Harding's Friendly Markets (southwestern Michigan)
* Harris Teeter (southeast)
*Harp's Market (Arkansas, Kansas, regional southern states) competes against Wal-mart in small towns, larger stores include sporting goods.
*Heinen's Fine Foods (Greater Cleveland)
*Homeland (Kansas, Oklahoma, and formerly Texas)
*Hugo's (North Dakota, Minnesota)
*Hy-Vee Food Stores (Hundreds of stores in 7 Midwest and Central states)
*Ingles (South)
*Jons (Los Angeles inner-city)
*Karns Quality Foods (metropolitan Harrisburg area, Pennsylvania)
*Key Food (metro New York City)
*Key Markets - also see Dehoff's Key Markets - (Bay Area, California)
*King Kullen (Long Island, and Staten Island, New York)
*Kings (New Jersey and New York)
*Kowalski's (Minnesota)
*Kuhns (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
*K.V. Mart dba Top Valu, Valu Plus & various other names (Los Angeles area)
*Landis Supermarkets (Southeastern Pennsylvania)
*Lowes Foods (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
* [http://www.lundsandbyerlys.com Lund's] (Minnesota)
** Byerly's
*Macey's Market (northern Utah)
*Magruder's (Washington, DC region)
*Market Basket (SE Texas, SW Louisiana)
*Mars (Greater Baltimore area)
*Marsh (Indiana, Ohio including O'Malia's and Lo-Bill chains)
*Matherne's Supermarkets (Baton Rouge, Louisiana area)
*Martin's Super Markets (Indiana, Michigan)
*Martin's Super Food Stores (New York)
*Mayfair Markets (Hollywood, California)
*Meijer (Midwest)
*Met Foods (New York City and Northern NJ)
**SuperOne Foods
*Minyard's (Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
**Minyard's
**Carnival, a Hispanic/international line - Aug 2008 - sold to Grocer's Supply in Houston
**Sack and Save, a discount line [http://www.minyards.com Minyard Food Stores - grand ] ]
*Nash Finch Company (Upper Midwest)
*Nugget Markets (northern California)
*Omni Foods (Massachusetts and New Hampshire)
*Penn Traffic (Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire)
*Petosa's Family Grocery (Edmonds, Washington)
**P&C Foods
**Bi-Lo Foods (Pittsburgh area)
**Riverside Markets
**Quality Markets
*PinoyGrocery.com (Katy, TX)
*Price Chopper (New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire)
*Publix (southeastern United States)
*Quality Markets (New York and Pennsylvania)
*Raley's (western U.S., own Nob Hill and Bel Air)
*"'Reasors (eastern Oklahoma)
*Red Apple (Oregon and Washington)
*Redner's Warehouse Markets (eastern Pennsylvania, very few in Maryland and New York)
*Remke Markets (Cincinnati, Ohio metro area)
*Robèrt's Fresh Market (New Orleans, Louisiana metro area)
*Roundy's
**Copps Food Center (Wisconsin)
**Pick 'n Save (Wisconsin, Illinois)
**Rainbow Foods (Minnesota)
*Rosauers Supermarkets (Eastern Washington, Western Montana, Northern OR, & Western ID)
**Huckleberry's Natural Market (Spokane, Washington)
**Super 1 Foods
*Rouse's Supermarket (Louisiana)
* Royal Ahold
** Giant Food of Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Mid-Atlantic)
** Giant Food of Landover, Maryland (Delaware, Maryland, metropolitan Washington, D.C.)
** Stop & Shop Supermarkets (New England, New Jersey, and New York)
*Rice Supermarkets Also Rice Epicurean Markets (Houston)
*Preston-Safeway|Safeway (aka Preston-Safeway, unrelated to Safeway Inc.; Central Indiana)
*Save Mart Supermarkets (California Central Valley, Bay Area, and Northern Nevada)
**FoodMaxx
**"'Lucky Stores (Bay Area)
**S-Mart Foods (Stockton & Lodi)
*Schnucks (Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Iowa):*Logli (Northern Illinois, Wisconsin)
*Scolari's Food and Drug (California, Nevada)
*Sedano's (Miami, Florida)
*Sentry Foods (Wisconsin)
*Shop 'n Save (Pittsburgh) (Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia)
*ShopRite (northeastern United States)
*Simon Delivers (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota/Wisconsin online grocery)
*southern Family Markets
*Star Market (New England)
*Stater Brothers (California)
*Stewart's Shops (New York and Vermont)
*Stew Leonard's (New York City suburbs)
*Strack and Van Til (northwestern Indiana) :* Ultra Foods - discount division (Indiana and Chicago suburbs)
*Straub's Markets (St. Louis, Missouri)
*Sullivan's Foods (northern & central Illinois)
*Sunflower Farmers Markets (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Las Vegas...soon to be Dallas, TX). Chain owned by founder of Wild Oats.Superior Grocers (Southern CA) Warehouse supermarkets operating 31 stores mostly in South Central Los Angeles
*Supremo Supermarket (New Jersey and Pennsylvania)
*Tops (New York State)
*Thriftway Supermarkets (Washington State, Eastern Pennsylvania)
*Twin City Supermarket (New Jersey)
*Turco's (New York)
*Ukrop's (central Virginia)
*United (western Texas)
*Village market (Antrim County, MI)
*Victory Super Markets (soon to be defunct, Massachusetts & New Hampshire)
*Wade's (south-western Virginia) [http://www.wades-foods.com]
*Wegmans (Northeast)
*Weis Markets (Mid-Atlantic: (Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia))
*Westborn Market (southeasten Michigan)
*Western Beef (New York City)
*Wilson Farms (upstate New York)
*WinCo Foods (Idaho, Oregon, California, Washington, Nevada)
*Winn-Dixie (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)
*Woodman's Food Market (Wisconsin, northern Illinois)
*Yoke's Fresh Market (Spokane, Washington)

Retailers' cooperatives

* Affiliated Food Stores (panhandle Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming)
* Affiliated Foods Midwest (Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota)
* Associated Food Stores () - formerly Pacific Mercantile Cooperative
** Ridley's Family Markets
** Lee's Marketplace
* Associated Grocers
* Associated Grocers of Florida
* Associated Grocers of the South
* Associated Wholesale Grocers
** Price Chopper / Price Mart
** Country Mart
** Cash Saver
** Apple Market
** SunFresh
** ThriftWay
* Associated Wholesalers
* Central Grocers Cooperative
* IGA
*ShopRite/Wakefern Food Corporation
* Shurfine Markets
* Unified Western Grocers
* Western Family Foods (supermarket wholesaler) - formerly Pacific Mercantile Cooperative
* Royal Blue (supermarket) (now defunct; founded in the 1930s)
*Spartan Stores (Michigan) Operates several nameplates, including Glen's Markets, D&W Food Centers, and Family Fare Supermarkets. Spartan Stores is also a supplier for other, smaller supermarkets.

Deep Discount and Limited Assortment chains

*Aldi - US operations of a German group
*PriceRite (Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania) - owned by Wakefern
*Food 4 Less (mostly south of Los Angeles, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Nevada, Kansas)
*Grocery Outlet (West)
*Marc's/Xpect Discount Drugs (Ohio, Connecticut)
*WinCo Foods (West)
*ShopRite (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania) - affiliates owned and operated by Wakefern Food Corporation
*Smart & Final (West)
**Cash & Carry (Chicago)
*Supervalu (Midwest, mixed franchisee and directly-owned stores, uses banners: Cub Foods, Save-A-Lot, others)

Defunct chains

*ABCO (Arizona) - a.k.a. Alpha Beta
*AppleTree Markets (Houston, Dallas & Austin, Texas) - former Safeway stores in Texas; former Safeway employees bought out the assets of Safeway and formed AppleTree.
*Bayless Markets (Arizona)
*Bells (western New York) - once Loblaw's; some former stores are now Quality Markets
*Big Bear (California, Ohio, New York, West Virginia)
*Big D (Worcester, MA)
*"'Bohack - closed by new managers in 1977
*Carter's Foods (Michigan) - employee-owned chain declared bankruptcy in 2006; some stores sold to IGA
*Eagle Food Centers (headquartered in Milan, Illinois) - 2 Eagle Country Market stores were purchased by Downtown Eagle Corporation which continues to operate the stores.
*"'Farm Fresh - Chain of 18 supermarkets sold in 1994 by Jack Millman of Pikesville, MD
*Farmer Jack Chain of 66 supermarkets that were based in southeastern Michigan and owned by parent company,Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Closed and sold off to several buyers including Kroger in July 2007
* Finast - absorbed by Ahold's Edward's, then name changed to Stop & Shop
*Food Fair closed in the 1990s; Pantry Pride was part of Food Fair
*Furr's Grocery - operated in the SouthWest, was related to Furr's Cafeteria
*Great Scott! (Michigan)
*Jitney-Jungle - declared bankruptcy after acquiring the Delchamps chain, many locations were sold to Winn-Dixie
*Kmart Foods (national)
*Kohl's Food Stores (Wisconsin)
*National Supermarkets (St. Louis, Missouri, New Orleans, Louisiana) - sold to Schnucks Markets by Loblaws of Canada in June 1995; Schnucks turned around and sold the New Orleans division to Schwegmann Giant Super Markets [http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1995/06/schnuck2.shtm]
*Omni Superstore - (Chicago, Illinois - former discount division of Dominick's, sold to Safeway and store converted to Dominick's or closed)
*Packer Foods (Metro Detroit, Michigan)
*Pantry Pride - last store built in 1991 before the chain closed, part of Food Fair
*Red Food (southeastern United States; now merged into BI-LO)Sav-A-Center (Baton Rouge and New Orleans) Division of A&P; Sold in 2007
*Smitty's (Arizona)
*Tidyman's (Spokane, WA) Stores closed 2006
*Weingarten's (Houston, Texas)
*White Front (California)
*Wrigley (Detroit, Michigan - a division of Packer Foods)

Ethnic chains

Asian

See also: Asian supermarket
*99 Ranch Market - the largest Asian American supermarket chain on the West Coast
*Ai Hoa Supermarket - formerly a large Chinese-Vietnamese American chain in southern California, now operates one store in Chinatown, Los Angeles
*Asian Food Center (New Jersey)
*Diho Supermarket (Houston, Texas) - Chinese American
*Han Ah Reum (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Illinois) - Korean-American supermarket chain
*Hong Kong Supermarket - Chinese-American supermarket chain
*Island Pacific Supermarket California, Nevada - Filipino American chain
*Kam Man Food (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts) - small Asian American supermarket chain
*Marukai - Japanese American supermarket
*Mitsuwa (New Jersey, Illinois, California) - Japanese American supermarket and shopping center
*Uwajimaya (Seattle, Washington)

Hispanic/Latino

*Avanza Supermarket - Hispanic supermarket chain in Denver, owned by Nash Finch
*Big Saver Foods - Hispanic chain of 16 stores in Los Angeles area
*Carnival - Hispanic chain in the Dallas area operated by Minyard Food Stores.
*El Pueblo - Largest Latino supermarket in New Jersey. Located in Newark.
*Fiesta Mart - Mexican-American, primarily in Texas
*Freshco - Central Florida Area
* [http://www.northgatemarkets.com/ González Northgate] Hispanic Supermarket in the Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County areas.
* [http://www.prosranch.com/ Pro's Ranch Market] Hispanic Supermarket with locations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.
*Publix Sabor - Hispanic, operated by Publix.
*Sedano's - Hispanic chain in south Florida.
*Superior Super Warehouse - Hispanic Warehouse supermarket 28 stores in southern California
*Supermercados Gigante - Mexico-based supermarket chain with locations in the US.
*Supermercado El Rancho - Hispanic supermarket chain in Dallas area. Less than 8 stores.
*Supersaver Foods - Hispanic-geared chain operated by Albertsons
*Mi Tienda - Hispanic supermarket division of HEB Stores. Only location in Houston, TX
*Tapatio Markets- Hispanic supermarket chain in Los Angeles
* [http://mdpglobals.com/ Mercado Del Pueblo] - Largest Hispanic Supermarket in Metro Atlanta Area.
*El Rancho - Growing independent Hispanic chain in DFW area.

Specialty/Natural foods

*Bristol Farms
*Central Market (division of H-E-B)
*Earth Fare - Specialty market in the southeast
*FreshDirect - online grocer in New York City
*The Fresh Market
*Metropolitan Market -Seattle, Washington
*Mollie Stone's
*New Seasons Market -Portland, OR
*PCC Natural Markets - Seattle, Washington area
*Sno-Isle Natural Foods Co-Op - Everett, Washington
*Stew Leonard's - northern New York City suburbs
*Trader Joe's - owned by family that owns the German Aldi group
*Whole Foods Market
*Wild Oats Markets - owns Capers Community Market, Henry's Farmers Market, and Sun Harvest

New Seasons

References

See also

*Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (trade association)
*UFCW (labor union)